Cocktails, young folk and trendy music!

Last night was my works leaving do. After a traditional leaving meal in the Court Inn (perfect pre-drinking, deep-fried stodge) and a cheeky neon green shot, we hit the newest and hippest bars in Durham: Popolos: basically still Brown Sugar but with a 10-flavour, Moijto Wednesday cocktail menu (although all flavours came out pretty much the same!)
Osbournes: a nice, classic establishment (very quiet) down the alley by Klute. Bargin mint aero shooters / jeager bombs / tia maria and coke. By this point (around 10pm) concern over our stamina was arising but we embraced the sugar highs and headed to....
Fat Buddha: This place is either packed and 10-deep to the bar or dead - last night,  we were the only ones in there. I had a nice blackcurrent bellini!!
Lloyds: our final destination and somewhere to dance. With our average age of c.28, it was somewhat disturbing to feel about 10-years older than the average drinker. And, with full length jeans (albeit skinny and ticking the figure hugging dress code) we were somewhat overdressed. Even so, with some awesome dancing, the young unemployed folk of Durham and a few token students who were avoiding revision, seemed to appreciate our presence. As did the DJ as we bombarded him with requests for songs we thought were modern enough for such an evening! The reward was a free bottle of sparkling something (wine/cider/vinegar...hard to tell) and lasting till 1am before the thought of work in the morning kicked in.

All in all, a very fun and memorable night with a brilliant group of friends who I am going to miss!!!

You can just about see us all through the dry ice, which I suspect was trying to mask our age and dancing!